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I believe that Columbus Day shouldn’t be a holiday. Columbus was horrible to the Native Americans, He took them as slaves, wiped out them with diseases, and just killed them outright with superior weapons like guns. He tried to convert Native Americans into Christians while trying to wipe out the Native American Culture. In Columbus’ journal Columbus wrote “All the inhabitants could be taken away to spain to become slaves.” This shows one of the ways that Columbus was cruel to the Native Americans. There is no counter argument for enslaving people it’s wrong anyway you look at it. Columbus also took advantage of the Native Americans and their primitive weapons, to destroy them. The Europeans have guns while the Native Americans only had

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